I mourned the loss of
my perfect birth experience, and felt that I had been cheated of a special rite of passage.
This little gal gave her mama the most
perfect birth experience and stole her daddy's heart from her first moments earth - side.
Bourgault was expecting twins, and her «
perfect birth experience» did not involve being «fearful of the birth process.»
In the end, I had nearly
the perfect birth experience.
I would never presume to say that nursing was difficult for me — it's extremely difficult for a lot of moms, including moms who are educated and prepared and have
perfect birth experiences, but I wasn't one of them.
Not exact matches
Since child
birth and new motherhood are such charged and radically new
experiences, the return to work can be seen as anything from devastating to a
perfect escape, and all the points in between.
It's a little bit like women who harp on having the «
perfect»
birth experience, otherwise their children will be doomed forever.
Even if you had the
perfect labor and
birth, the doctor manhandling your newborn kind of ruins the overall
experience.
That was a
perfect framework for me to begin to understand women's
experiences of
birth.
When you hire me or any of the CBP doulas, you need to know we can not guarantee: A shorter labor A vaginal
birth An unmedicated
birth A baby who is not posterior (aka «sunny side up») A
perfect birth A trauma free
birth A positive
experience Immediate bonding Breastfeeding success...
My
experience is a
perfect illustration of why home
birth is so safe.
my
birth with max (despite him being back to back and
experiencing back labour also) was
perfect.
Yes, I had my little princess and she was
perfect, but I had dreamed of, planned for and counted on her
birth being the empowering, glorious
experience that I felt all women deserved.
This interview reminded me that you can have what might sound like the «
perfect birth» and still
experience trauma.
Not because anyone is at fault, but just because
birth is risky — no - one can guarentee you a 100 %
perfect experience.
It took me a long time to get over the fact that I didn't get to have my
perfect Hollywood
birth experience, so I can totally understand how another mom - to - be would choose a VBAC for emotional reasons.
The incredible and unreal 24 hour
experience of learning their first child would be born early, followed by a challenging
birth that their daughter did not survive, and then spending seven
perfect hours loving and cherishing each moment with their deceased newborn was life changing and upending in a way the couple could not have imagined.
Regardless of how «
perfect», or not so
perfect, your
birth experience was, it is undeniable that your body has had an extraordinary and perhaps traumatic
experience.
She was so
perfect, my
birth had been so
perfect, and I felt that it somehow made up for the pain of my first
birth experience.
All of my fear, doubt and feelings of inadequacy from previous
birth experiences melted away as I looked at my
perfect, healthy baby and she stared back at me.